Drakestone Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. Dwellings.
Drakestone Cottages
- WRENN ID
- over-pavement-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1984
- Type
- Dwellings
- Address
- Drakestone Cottages, 1 and 2, Wotton Road, Stinchcombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 733 977
- Coordinates
- 51.67783, -2.38675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drakestone Cottages is a pair of dwellings designed by Ernest Grimson in 1909. The cottages are constructed from marlstone rubble and topped with a thatched roof. They are arranged in an L-shape, with a return gable at the left-hand end and half-hipped ends, featuring two chimneys. The buildings are 1½ storeys high and have a total of four windows, including two-light wood casements with bars and one three-light window at the ground floor in the gable. The thatch is raised over two dormers.
The right side has a large plank door, and there is a second entrance in the facade facing the road, along with a modern entrance and outbuilding on the north side. Inside, the cottages retain an original simple oak stair with tight winders, stick balusters, and a flat handrail. The interiors also feature plain stone fire surrounds with mantels, and plank doors fitted with forged latches and fittings.
These cottages are notable examples of 20th-century vernacular architecture, originally built to serve as accommodations for the coachman and gardener of Drakestone House.
Local climate
Drakestone Cottages receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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